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L’artisanat du cuir dans l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun du XIXe siècle à 2007 ; Leather crafts in the Far North of Cameroon from the nineteenth century to 2007
| العنوان: | L’artisanat du cuir dans l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun du XIXe siècle à 2007 ; Leather crafts in the Far North of Cameroon from the nineteenth century to 2007 |
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| المؤلفون: | Wassouni, François |
| بيانات النشر: | IHMC - Institut d'histoire moderne et contemporaine (UMR 8066) e-Phaïstos |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | histoire des techniques, artisanat, cuir, tourisme, savoir traditionnel, savoir local, identité professionnelle, identité culturelle, usage, history of technology, craftsmanship, leather, tourism, indigenous knowledge, traditional knowledge, cultural identity, professional identity, use, socio, hist |
| الوصف: | Based on different written documents, oral and iconographic sources and field observation, this work intends to analyse the evolution of leather activity within the context of its development, the methods of acquiring skins, the production, the use and the trade of leather and leather objects. This thesis emphasizes also on the impact and the problems faced by the leather handicraft. It was between the 19th and the 20th centuries that pockets of leather activities on a high scale developed in the localities of Maroua, Bogo, Mindif and Doumrou. It was introduced by the Kanuri and the Hausa peoples. The latter migrated into Northern Cameroon during the Fulani Jihad of the 19th century and developed traditional trade and industry in many domains among which was leather. Skins of animals such as cows, sheep and goats were transformed into leather through techniques which make use of products retrieved from nature in their majority. Fabricated items include prayer mats, covers for the Koran, shoes, war arsenals, G-strings and horse-riding paraphernalia destined to trade. Between the 1940s and 2007, Maroua leather artwork has particularly witnessed various changes caused by many factors. Measures taken by: the French colonial masters, the development of tourism and the advent of NGOs working the leather sector, the creation of associations, cooperative groups and common initiative groups, have contributed in changing the face of that sector of activity not only from the perspective of tanning, but also from the fabrication of leather objects. As a result of this, leather handicraft was organised, the models of products were then changed taking more and more the shape of western civilization. Such structures for the sale of leather objects have been created such as the Maroua Artisanal Centre in 1955 and the Artisanal Complex in 2007. In the other localities, however, leather artwork has not undergone major influences. Fabricated items remained almost the same as those of the 19th century. Those localities specialize ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | French |
| Relation: | urn:doi:10.4000/ephaistos.11346; https://journals.openedition.org/ephaistos/11346 |
| الاتاحة: | https://journals.openedition.org/ephaistos/11346 |
| Rights: | lic_creative-commons |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.A1059C9B |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |